Oliver Stone’s “W.” Tries To Stay Far From Bias

By Rebecca Brody
15:13, October 16th 2008
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Oliver Stone’s “W.” Tries To Stay Far From Bias

As George W. Bush’s second term as the 43rd President of the United States approaches its inevitable end, the true persona of the leader may actually prove to be a lot more bewildering and intricate than anyone could depict or play.

However, no job is too tough or too controversial for filmmaker Oliver Stone. And he’s got Josh Brolin by his side as well. Thus, “W.” is by far the film to generate the buzziest buzz and the fussiest fuss there can possibly be.

As Oliver Stone brought to light “JFK” and “Nixon” only after the two presidents left the Oval Office, the director focuses this time on a sitting president in the midst of a global economic crisis and on the edge of his departure from the White House.

Oliver Stone had the nerve to move toward a goal that hundreds of professionals have not been able to reach by now: blend sympathy and condemnation, spoof and understanding, and introduce the faulty man into the background of individual history and worldwide upshot.

Although Stone does not succeed in attaining the completion of this attempt, he makes nevertheless a step further with his much talked about “W.”

Josh Brolin looks exactly like a party leader. He tacks George W. Bush’s attitude, as well as his use of body language without debasing himself to trouble-free gesticulation and, thus, manages to put across the inconsistency of a contrasting president with genuine bounteousness, providing a paradigm for every Bush trademark and making the trademarks seem new-fangled over and over again. On the other hand, the director’s tactic is an interesting mix of evenhanded and unprejudiced style, which offers a balanced and impartial result.

The film opens with the Oval Office to subsequently concentrate on the young Bush’s life. Going back to 1966, the movie depicts a raucous and fun loving W. turning into a white sheep that eventually gets to helm the United States.

Oliver Stone gives ground to some widely acknowledged features of the sitting president’s story, moving smoothly between the halts on W.’s road to the top, which also lie in numerous biographies and reports and vary from harsh old quarrels with a firm father to alcohol-related issues, spiritual salvation and the Iraq war, evidently.

The director explained that he simply wanted to make viewers become au fait with the president by offering a sensible and truthful representation of George W. Bush’s persona, without being biased or subjective by any means. However, “W.” is in the spotlight and will surely stay there for quite some time now due to its audacious nature and spicy theme.



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